CRICKET - THE Dubbo and District Cricket Association (DDCA) awarded the city's cricketers with prestigious awards at their annual presentation dinner.
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The stars of the Whitney, Pinnington and Kelly cups turned out at the Dubbo RSL Club Resort for the occasion.
RSL-Colts regained the Whitney Cup premiership, accepted by captains Brad Cox and Chris Morton.
Colts' Brad Cox took out the Greg Kier Memorial Trophy for the highest batting average with 591 runs at 53.7 and a high score of 144.
Second place went to Michael Kempston (Rugby Cricket Club) with 400 runs at 50. CYMS' Jaspal Bansal came in third place with 697 runs at 49.8 and a high score of 166. Bansal won the award for highest batting aggregate.
CYMS' Ben Strachan took out the Whitney Cup Bowling Aggregate award with 36 wickets at 16.0.
Ben Taylor came second with 34 wickets at 12.7. Third place went to Steve Skinner from Newtown Cricket club with 28 wickets at 20.6.
Taylor also took out the Graeme Turner Memorial Trophy for best bowling average with 34 wickets at 12.7.
Newtown's Ben Patterson came second with 25 wickets at 14.8 and Rugby's Zach Murphy came third with 18 wickets at 15.6.
The Ian Drake All-Rounder of the Year went to Strachan, with his 533 runs at 48.5 and high score of 124, as well as his 36 wickets.
Strachan was closely followed by Taylor (231 runs) and Colts' English import Greg Buckley (16 wickets and 433 runs).
The unstoppable Taylor was crowned the Les Astley and Sons Best and Fairest of the 2012-2013 season, with his 24 points.
Second place went to Brad Cox (20 points) and Rugby's Mitch Bower (19 points) in third place.
The Bede Morton Player of the Final was Jacob Bruce, who nabbed four wickets.
The DDCA Club Championship winner was Rugby with 794.28. The runners-up were Colts (750.33) and Newtown (659.14).
The Under-16 player of the Year was Colts' William Wolter who had an impressive season. In first grade, he got nine wickets at 11.2, and 97 runs at 48.5 (high score of 67). In second grade he got five wickets at 24.4 and 133 runs at 33. He was also the Western Zone under-16 representative.
The Dubbo RSL Memorial Club Rookie of the Year went to CYMS' Lachlan Strachan who in first grade scored 144 runs and 16 wickets, played in the Western Premier League final, the SCG Cup quarter final and the Brewery Shield Premier.
Jordan Moran won an award for his efforts in representative cricket. He was also a Western Premier League finalist, SCG Cup Quarter finalist, Country Cup Champion (Western Zone) and a Brewery Shield champion.
Moran was also named the Lloyd Keir Memorial Representative Player of the Year for his efforts playing first grade, his efforts in the Century v Mitchell game for Macquarie Valley (to which he was a captain), his captaining of the Dubbo Specsavers SCG Cup quarter-finalist and the Western Premier League (he scored 86 runs in the final.) Other nominees were Colts' Jason Ryan and Greg Buckley.
Nathan Munro won the Brewery Shield award (he was also a joint winner for Player of the Series).
Jason Ryan was named the Herb Whitney DDCA Cricketer of the Year with his 285 runs at 25.9, 26 dismissals, his top scorer as a SCG Cup Quarter finalist, a WPL finalist and was a Western Zone Representative country cup champion.
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SOUTH Dubbo Cricket Club were named premiers of the RSL Pinnington Cup.
Matthew Knudsen (Souths) was the winner of the Pinnington Batting Aggregate (394 runs at 28.1). Runners-up were Macquarie's Justin Gavin (369 runs at 30.8) and South's John Colwell (354 runs at 70.8).
Brian Carroll (CYMS) was the winner of the Pinnington Bowling Aggregate (33 wickets at 15). Runners-up were Colts' Jakke Gardiner (29 wickets at 13.8) and both Geoff Wheeler and Blake Smith (both from Colts) with 24 wickets.
The Pinnington Best and Fairest was Rugby's Dave Hey (22 points, 20 wickets, 324 runs), with runners-up Jakke Gardiner (18 points) and Macquarie's Joe Haylock (18 points).
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Souths also dominated the RSL Kelly Cup to claim this year's premiership title.
Kieran Henry took out the Kelly Cup Batting Aggregate (773 runs at 59.5). Runners-up were Colts-YD's Glenn Armstrong (656 at 50.5) and Rugby-YD's Wayne Munro (578 at 40.3).
Macquarie's Brant Mann took out the Kelly Cup Bowling Aggregate (33 wickets at 6.8). Runners-up were CYMS' Daryl Thompson (30 wickets at 14.5) and Colts' Jono Davies (25 wickets at 15.0).
Henry was also named the Kelly Cup Best and Fairest (38 points). Mann (26 points) and Souths' Scott Dwarte (23 points) were runners-up.